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Cooperazione allo Sviluppo

Press Releases
5 July 2013
Deputy Minister Pistelli in Geneva speaks at ECOSOC

The fundamental role of decentalised cooperation, the importance of drafting policies against social inequality, recognition of the need to involve parliaments in development processes; these were the salient features of the speech delivered by Deputy Minister Lapo Pistalli at the ECOSOC meeting in Geneva. “Democratic decentralization can be a potent instrument in fighting poverty and […]

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3 July 2013
Italy-Iraq: we want to be equal partners, says Pistelli

Italy intends to “replace development cooperation with economic cooperation between equals” with Iraq. This was Deputy Minister Lapo Pistelli’s comment as he opened the II Trade and Investment Meeting at the foreign ministry in Rome, promoted by the Italian Development Cooperation and UNIDO as a way of increasing commercial investments between the two countries and […]

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Press Releases
1 July 2013
Deputy Minister Pistelli in Yemen

“We would like to see more tourism boosted and security strengthened in Sana’a”, was Deputy Foreign Minister Lapo Pistelli’s comment as he visited Yemen. Prospects for the speedy resumption of the Italian Cooperation’s activities, and an update on the country’s domestic situation, were the two main agenda items in meetings with President Hadi and Foreign, […]

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28 June 2013
Cooperation: €60 million for projects in Africa and Asia

At a meeting chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister with the remit for International Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, announced the Italian Cooperation’s decision to put a total of  €60 million toward health, education and infrastructure projects in Africa and Asia. He also spoke of innovative financing instruments for cooperation. Pistelli, Cooperation changes gear and considers new forms […]

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28 June 2013
GUATEMALA – Young people and football: cooperation “on the pitch”

Young people plus football equals development and social inclusion. That’s the equation devised by the “Escuelas Metropolitanas de Fu’tbol” project in Guatemala City. The project includes workshops for local coaches and practical sessions in which around 2000 young footballers took part. Read more, in Italian.

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26 June 2013
Pistelli in Lebanon: Syria, UNIFIL and Italian Development Cooperation discussed

A trip to examine Italy’s political, cooperation and military initiatives in Lebanon. That was the theme of the visit by the Deputy Foreign Minister with responsibility for Development Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, to Lebanon on 25 and 26 June 2013. He visited Beirut, where he met the President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman; the Prime Minister […]

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25 June 2013
Pistelli in Beirut: Lebanon is paying the price of the terrible crisis in Syria

Lebanon is paying a high price for the war in Syria, especially in terms of refugees. This was the comment of the Deputy Minister with responsibility for Development Cooperation, Lapo Pistelli, during his visit to Beirut. Speaking in the margins of his meeting with senior representatives of Lebanon’s institutions, Pistelli commented that “Lebanon is at […]

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25 June 2013
Africa: 1.5 million euros from Italy for women and young people

Italian Development Cooperation is supporting women and young people in Kenya and South Sudan’s most marginalised regions. They will be the beneficiaries of the new development project worth 1.5 million euros as part of an agreement signed in Rome by the Director General for Development Cooperation, Giampaolo Cantini, and his colleague from the United Nations […]

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24 June 2013
Syria – Bonino at Foreign Affairs Council – “Political solution the only way”. Visit to Jordan for refugee emergency

“The only solution to the Syrian crisis is the political solution”, as Foreign Minister Emma Bonino underscored at the end of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. The “Geneva 2” peace conference is the only way, as the Minister reiterated at the “Friends of Syria” meeting in Doha on Saturday 22 June. And the conference […]

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24 June 2013
RUSSIA – Dassù presenta l’Expo di Milano (in translation)

Un’ Expo “di nuovo genere”, con al centro un tema come la sicurezza alimentare, cruciale per lo sviluppo sostenibile, e con grande attenzione al ruolo delle donne: cosi’ il viceministro Marta Dassu’ ha presentato al Forum economico internazionale di San Pietroburgo la prossima esposizione di Milano 2015. Un’expo di nuovo genere “Prima di tutto ho ringraziato la […]

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